take place

Verb

Meaning

come to pass

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hap occur pass happen fall out go on come about pass off come to pass are become result come exist appear
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Antonyms

die decline decrease exit hide cease
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Hyponyms

result come give fall turn-out develop

Examples

The great events of the world take place in the brain... Oscar Wilde

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place. Barry Goldwater

In the humanist ideal, the mainstream is where interesting debate, the generating of new ideas and creativity take place. In rational society this mainstream is considered uncontrollable and is therefore made marginal. The centre ground is occupied instead by structures and courtiers. John Ralston Saul

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Henry David Thoreau

Inflation, being a fraudulent invasion of property, could not take place on the free market. Murray Rothbard

Close letter words and terms

take photographs take pictures take pity take place with take pleasure take pleasure in